Mrs. Xing had a little impression of this name and couldn't help but smile: "Young Master Hou? Is it Hou Xun's precious son? Hou Xun is Zuo Liangyu's benefactor!"

Although he had a shocking reputation in the Qinlou Chu Pavilion in Nanjing because he spent thousands of dollars to bet on prostitutes and gambling, Hou Fangyu failed to pass the exam in the officialdom, so Mrs. Xing didn't take him seriously at all. The reason why he remembered him was entirely because of his father Hou Xun.

His father Hou Xun not only served as the Minister of Revenue, but also became the Minister of the Ministry of War two years ago. The most important thing is that he was also the benefactor of Zuo Liangyu, the Marquis of Ningnan. The reason why the court revived Hou Xun was because of his special relationship with Zuo Liangyu. It’s a pity that even his benefactor could not change Zuo Liangyu’s determination to run wildly.

Gao Jie laughed: "He has some relationship with Marquis Ning Nan, but since he can cause trouble in our army? The reason why I like this Mr. Hou is because he is the top prominent clan in Henan!"

It is indeed true that Hou Fangyu is a prominent family in Henan. Although Hou Fangyu himself failed to pass the imperial examination, the Hou family is indeed a top famous family in Henan. Two generations have produced three Jinshis. His father Hou Xun and uncle Hou Ke are on the 43rd year of Wanli together, which is a rare story in Henan Shilin.

In the Ming Dynasty, as long as he passed the Jinshi, someone would take the initiative to devote himself to his wealth and glory. The Hou family had been in power as he managed it for several generations. Even if Hou Xun was imprisoned during the Chongzhen period, Hou Fangyu could still carry thousands of taels of silver to prostitute and gambling in Nanjing. Even Huang Zongxi, who also prostitute and gambling, could not stand it. He felt that since Hou Xun was still in prison, it would be too unreasonable for Hou Fangyu to prostitute and lose contact every day.

But only the real famous family members have such confidence. Gao Jie told Mrs. Xing: "I have specially confirmed with someone that the Hou family is indeed the most famous family in Guide Mansion. Only the Yuan family in Suiyang can share the same fate with them. On the ground of Guide Mansion, no matter in Shangqiu, Ningling, or Suizhou, there is no matter what the Hou family cannot handle!"

Mrs. Xing was the most worried issue that she was unfamiliar with the Northern Expedition, and now she finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Gao Jie say this: "You are still thinking carefully, but the Northern Expedition is of great importance. You still need to think twice before you can do this!"

Gao Jie said carelessly: "Madam, don't worry, this matter is of great importance, so I must be 100% sure to start, but the military resources are entrusted to my wife!"

In this regard, Mrs. Xing has always been Gao Jie's wife's wife. The reason why the two met was because Li Zicheng asked the Xing family to allocate military supplies. Although the court has never given enough food and money over the years, Mrs. Xing tried every means to raise funds, which allowed the Gao family army to develop to this level today.

Although she always felt that this Northern Expedition seemed a bit inappropriate, Mrs. Xing still tried every means to help Gao Jie raise military supplies, but she soon discovered that the difficulty of this Northern Expedition was beyond imagination.

Among the four towns in Jiangbei, only Gao Jie was independently preparing for the Northern Expedition. The rest of Liu Liangzuo, Liu Zeqing, and Huang Degong were already grateful. The court also knew that Jianlu came from bad luck, but they still had the idea of ​​"union of the enemy and defeating the enemy" and were afraid that this Northern Expedition would offend the Qing soldiers.

And more importantly, the court has been in a mess recently. Since Ruan Dacheng resumed as the "Minister of the Ministry of War", the political struggle in the court has entered a new stage.

A political group has long been formed around Ruan Dacheng. Among these people are both eunuch party and Donglin rivals who have been labeled as eunuch party, and there are even Donglin, the people in the Fushe Society. However, no matter what their position is, now as Ruan Dacheng recovers, they will naturally have to recover.

Moreover, Ruan Dacheng took the key position of the Minister of Personnel with a large amount of money. Although Ma Shiying was interested in Zhang Guowei, Ruan Dacheng directly restored Zhang Jie through Lu Jiude's relationship, that is, Zhang Jie, who "the verbal words of the chariots all say Zhang Jiemei, but the other officials attacked him, why? Only Liu Zhongcheng and Zhou, and Zhang Jianzheng Chen were the one who was worried about it."

During the Tianqi period, Zhang Jie was known for his confrontation with Wei Zhongxian, but he was labeled as an eunuch party in the Chongzhen period. The reason was naturally that he suggested reincarnation of the eunuch party as Minister of Personnel, Lu Chunru, so he offended the Donglin party and was labeled as an eunuch party. He was unable to reincarnation throughout the Chongzhen period.

Now that Zhang Jie has become the Minister of Personnel, he naturally has to show his ambitions and use his own people as much as possible. Wenxuan Qing official department used his old friend Liu Yingbin, and if he can use his other positions, he can use his own people as much as possible, even to the point where he completely fights against differences.

Now it is not a dispute between Ma Ruan and Donglin, but a confrontation of all dissidents under the banner of "decisive plans and have different intentions". Not to mention the people in Donglin, even old ministers like Gao Hongtu who claimed to be neutral and selfless and had grudges with Donglin were excluded from the court, and even heroes like Guo Weicheng who supported King Fu ascend the throne could not stay in the court.

However, in the past they could only take the initiative to retire, but now they have a new choice and go south to Jinhua to join Queen Zhang.

After all, in their eyes, the three prefectures in Jinqu are a happy land. Although Ma Shiying, Ruan Dacheng has completely controlled personnel operations through Zhang Jie, the Minister of Personnel, but it is beyond the reach of the three prefectures and twenty-three counties in Jinqu.

Even if the Ministry of Personnel has a new appointment, as long as Empress Zhang refuses to admit that the original officials will continue to serve, many officials appointed by the court will not take office after receiving the appointment, but will instead go to Empress Zhang to protect him. The more powerful the court in Nandu, the higher the reputation of Empress Zhang will be.

Although everyone admits that Emperor Hongguang was established by Empress Zhang, now everyone believes that Empress Zhang has a far-sighted vision to make three rules with King Fu in advance. Now Emperor Hongguang is not only unvirtuous, but also cannot do any of the three rules he made at the beginning.

The annual monies were made by Queen Zhang who sent Xiao Chengyi Bo to force the grain to protect the grain. Now, Nanjing is in charge of the Fu King, who cannot sleep without half a kilo of famous wine every night, so he is even more promising to choose concubines. Even Hangzhou, which is close to you, is planning to choose concubines and palace maids, which is unbearable to the people.

However, Empress Zhang and Liu Yongxi had long agreed on the suggestion of establishing another emperor: "Mr. Zhu and Mr. Tong can decide on ordinary trivial matters, but the deregulation of the establishment is not ordinary trivial matters. If I don't nod, I won't consider it!"
Chapter completed!